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100	1		_aRossetti, Christina Georgina, _d1830-1894
245	1	0	_aVerses
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-29
505	0		_aOut of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord -- Christ our all in all -- Some feasts and fasts. -- Gifts and graces -- The world. Self-destruction -- Divers worlds. Time and eternity -- New Jerusalem and its citizens -- Songs for strangers and pilgrims.
508			_aGeorge A. Rawlyk Library, Crandall University, produced from scans generously made available by the Internet Archive.
520			_a"Verses" by Christina Georgina Rossetti is a collection of devotional poems written in the late 19th century. The work meditates on Christian faith, penitence, and the longing for union with Christ, often shaped by Scripture and the rhythms of the liturgical year. Expect intimate prayers, hymn-like pieces, and rich religious imagery that move from confession and spiritual struggle to praise, hope, and love. The opening of the collection unfolds as a chain of prayer-poems crying “out of the deep,” asking for grace to rise above earthly transience, to trust, and to lay up treasure in heaven. It blends penitence and praise—confessions of unworthiness, pleas for faith and universal charity, and hope that “death is not death”—through vivid biblical images (the ark’s dove, the Good Shepherd, lilies and roses, sparks flying upward). Several lyrics take the form of a dialogue in which the speaker’s fears meet Christ’s tender replies (“Yea, I knew”), urging trust even across stormy seas. The sequence then widens to compact hymns for the Church’s seasons—Advent watchfulness, Christmas joy, Epiphany’s gifts, Lent and Holy Week through Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost—along with saint-day pieces (St. John, the Holy Innocents, St. Peter). The excerpt closes with a stark glance at “the world” as vanity and a plea for God’s protecting love. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: E. & J. B. Young & Co., 1894
653			_aEnglish poetry -- 19th century
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/versero00ross/page/n5/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77809
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